Xinzhen Yang

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Xinzhen Yang is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinzhen Yang has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Virology, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Xinzhen Yang's work include HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (12 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers). Xinzhen Yang is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (12 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers). Xinzhen Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Xinzhen Yang's co-authors include Joseph Sodroski, Richard T. Wyatt, Peter D. Kwong, Xinping Ren, Charles Lee, Michael Farzan, Christine Herrmann, Andrew P. Rice, Barna Dey and Gary J. Nabel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Xinzhen Yang

29 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Structural definition of a conserved neutralization epito... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Structural definition of a conserved neutralization epitope on HIV-1 gp120
    2007 600 citations Tongqing Zhou, Ling Xu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xinzhen Yang United States 22 2.1k 1.1k 993 906 689 29 2.7k
Marie Pancera United States 28 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 947 1.0× 845 1.2× 58 2.9k
Mei-Yun Zhang United States 20 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 739 0.7× 932 1.0× 989 1.4× 39 2.6k
Sanjay Phogat United States 24 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 668 0.7× 751 0.8× 688 1.0× 41 2.3k
Nicole A. Doria‐Rose United States 29 2.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 924 0.9× 946 1.0× 818 1.2× 68 3.0k
Gilad Ofek United States 15 1.8k 0.8× 990 0.9× 591 0.6× 952 1.1× 821 1.2× 20 2.4k
Jeong Hyun Lee United States 22 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 687 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 29 2.9k
Thomas J. Ketas United States 33 2.9k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.7× 1.3k 1.5× 731 1.1× 45 4.0k
Constance Williams United States 28 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 933 0.9× 658 0.7× 904 1.3× 47 2.6k
Gabriel Ozorowski United States 27 1.7k 0.8× 860 0.8× 825 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 771 1.1× 63 2.8k
Anila Yasmeen United States 19 1.6k 0.8× 719 0.7× 533 0.5× 849 0.9× 752 1.1× 32 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xinzhen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinzhen Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xinzhen Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xinzhen Yang. The network helps show where Xinzhen Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinzhen Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xinzhen Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xinzhen Yang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xinzhen Yang. Xinzhen Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiao, Yang, Jinfeng Zhou, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2024). PROTAC-mediated FTO protein degradation effectively alleviates diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 285. 138292–138292. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Jingting Liu, Xinzhen Yang, et al.. (2022). Vibration analysis of a high-pressure multistage centrifugal pump. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 20293–20293. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuhang, Kyle P. Heim, Ye Che, et al.. (2021). Prefusion structure of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and structural basis for membrane fusion. Science Advances. 7(10). 62 indexed citations
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Mao, Youdong, Liping Wang, Christopher Gu, et al.. (2012). Subunit organization of the membrane-bound HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein trimer. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(9). 893–899. 123 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengcheng, Inna Lipchina, Paul A. Goepfert, et al.. (2009). Epitopes for broad and potent neutralizing antibody responses during chronic infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Virology. 396(2). 339–348. 27 indexed citations
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Zhou, Tongqing, Ling Xu, Barna Dey, et al.. (2007). Structural definition of a conserved neutralization epitope on HIV-1 gp120. Nature. 445(7129). 732–737. 600 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schön, Arne, Navid Madani, Danny W‐K. Ng, et al.. (2006). Thermodynamics of Binding of a Low-Molecular-Weight CD4 Mimetic to HIV-1 gp120. Biochemistry. 45(36). 10973–10980. 127 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, et al.. (2005). Stoichiometry of Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers in the Entry of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Virology. 79(19). 12132–12147. 134 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, et al.. (2005). Stoichiometry of Antibody Neutralization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Virology. 79(11). 7279–7279. 2 indexed citations
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Grundner, Christoph, Yuxing Li, Mark K. Louder, et al.. (2004). Analysis of the neutralizing antibody response elicited in rabbits by repeated inoculation with trimeric HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. Virology. 331(1). 33–46. 80 indexed citations
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Yuan, Wen, Stewart Craig, Xinzhen Yang, & Joseph Sodroski. (2004). Inter-subunit disulfide bonds in soluble HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein trimers. Virology. 332(1). 369–383. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, Liping Wang, Xinping Ren, et al.. (2004). Characterization of the Outer Domain of the gp120 Glycoprotein from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Virology. 78(23). 12975–12986. 58 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, Richard T. Wyatt, & Joseph Sodroski. (2001). Improved Elicitation of Neutralizing Antibodies against Primary Human Immunodeficiency Viruses by Soluble Stabilized Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers. Journal of Virology. 75(3). 1165–1171. 167 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, Michael Farzan, Richard T. Wyatt, & Joseph Sodroski. (2000). Characterization of Stable, Soluble Trimers Containing Complete Ectodomains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycoproteins. Journal of Virology. 74(12). 5716–5725. 139 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, Michael Farzan, Peter Kolchinsky, et al.. (2000). Modifications That Stabilize Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers in Solution. Journal of Virology. 74(10). 4746–4754. 136 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinzhen, et al.. (1998). PITALRE, the Catalytic Subunit of TAK, Is Required for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tat Transactivation In Vivo. Journal of Virology. 72(5). 4448–4453. 112 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiwen, Chunqiao Tian, Kyung–Hee Choi, et al.. (1994). Injecting drug use and HIV infection in southwest China. AIDS. 8(8). 1141–1148. 114 indexed citations

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